In a Box
January 29, 2018
Filed under Literary Magazine
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Tomorrow is a new day.
Tomorrow will be the same;
they will place me in a box,
perhaps with gentle hands.
“What soft fur!” they will exclaim.
“What bright green eyes!”
The fire around my neck is invisible to them.
They see only a red collar.
I am a cat in their box, meekly sitting
meekly saying
“Meow.”
I will not meow for them.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Tomorrow will be different;
I will roar, for I am not their cat.
I am a lion.
About the Writer
Mylee Setzer, Literary Magazine Editor
Mylee Setzer is a senior. In addition to writing poems and short stories, she likes to draw and sculpt. You can find her art on Instagram @forcesofdarkness.
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